#BurnAusterity: Join a ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ action near you

[How indeed? I’m not sure what to make of this stuff frankly. The major sponsor is the Observer newspaper! They seem to come out once a year, talk a lot and then disappear until the next crisis comes along. It’s all slick PR stuff, no doubt pro bono work from a mind-fucker but what does it all mean and does it lead anywhere? I mean really, “pin the blame on Cameron”? But not on capitalism? Burn your energy bill? I despair WB]

Tomorrow’s ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ looks set to be one of the biggest days of action for many years. Actions are taking place up and down the country as people are forced into poverty, forced to choose whether to heat the home or put food on the table and forced into the hands of legal loan sharks.

This day will say loud and clear that we will not rest until the government abandons their austerity programme.

If you are on an action tomorrow make sure you take lots of pictures and send them into office@thepeoplesassembly.org.uk, tweet using #BurnAusterity and share widely on Facebook.

London

– Block Westminster Bridge – Assemble at Jubilee Gardens at 6pm. Bring your energy bills: we will be burning our energy bills on the bridge to highlight the massive rise in energy prices which have left people choosing between heating and eating. Invite your friends and share on Facebook.

Call for volunteers: We need volunteers to help steward the London action tomorrow. We will be meeting at 4:45pm at Jubilee Gardens. If you can help please email office@thepeoplesassembly.org.uk or text 07746330422.

BONFIRE OF AUSTERITY – LOCAL ACTIONS

ACTION FOR RAIL Leafleting across the country on NOV 5 – check here for details

Join us at stations across the country, meeting passengers and letting them know about our campaign for a national, integrated railway under public ownership.

Barnet – Assemble at 6pm outside Hendon Town Hall, the Burroughs, NW4 4BG, see here for more details

Come along and burn some austerity policies. Bring a placard with a policy you want to burn! We’re going to being making some noise and a presence in the centre of town so as well as placards, some will be in fancy dress, bring drums, whistles, horns or anything else that will grab attention.Contact bristolpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / 07971630005 / Facebook

Darlington – Assemble outside at 4.30 pm outside the Town Hall for a protest organised by Darlington Against Cuts and supported by the Teesside Peoples Assembly Against Austerity. Contact TeessidePA@gmail.com / Facebook

Kingston upon Hull – Assembly 12:30pm, Queen Victoria Square – Dress up, bring placards, whistles, drums! Make some noise, get your voices heard! Let’s show the people of Hull that there IS an alternative to the government’s damaging policies of austerity. Facebook / Contact

London (Brent) – 9AM at Brent Magistrates Court – “No Council Tax Benefit Cuts” FacebookProtest called by Unite the Union – Community Members, West London Peoples Assembly, Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group, Brent Housing Action, Zacchaeus Trust (Z2K)Brent Council has summonsed 12000 people for non-payment of cancel tax . Many of these cant pay as their council tax benefit has been cut in the new council tax support scheme. Come and voice your objections to the cuts to the benefit and show support to those who have been summonsed. Debt advice charity Z2K will be at the court giving advice to those who have been summonsed.

10AM – Deptford High Street / New Cross Road – An action against poverty, led by the local Foodbank1:30PM – Deptford Lounge public square – A performance against austerity politics4:30PM – Catford Town Hall to Lewisham High Street – A procession against austerity, the bedroom tax and local cuts. Finishing with6PM – The grassy Knoll, opposite Lewisham DLR – Bonfire of Cuts with music, speakers and effigies

Middlesbrough – flashmob-style sing-a-long protest against austerity in the town centre around lunchtime/early afternoon in a location where we suspect it will be noticed. Contact the Teesside People’s Assembly: TeessidePA@gmail.com / Facebook

From 16:00 – Pontypridd town centre by the fountain to oppose the RCT cuts.

Salford – Assemble 2PM at Stott Lane by Meadowbrook and Salford Royal hospitals.Protest against the closure of mental health wards in Salford and Bolton by Gtr Mcr West NHS Trust. The protest is organised by United Service Users Committee and Salford Against Cuts, and supported by Keep Our NHS Public.

Assemble at 4pm at St Helens Square for ” A festival of free speech against austerity” – an open mic event so bring speeches, poems, songs and anything else, dress up, bring props and join in a festival against austerity. Contact yorkpeoplesassembly@gmail.com/ website

2 thoughts on “#BurnAusterity: Join a ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ action near you”

After nearly 70 years of Communist and Left Labour Reformists advising Clement Attlee’s, Imperialist Nato, Labour Party UK on how it can best keep the Trade Unions of the UK happy, it is certainly not going to go anywhere near to even thinking about socialism beyond imperialism.

And, if Labour does manage to be returned to Government in the next election, and that is the whole point of of the ‘People’s Assembly’ exercise, this lot will puff themselves up in claiming that it was all due to the activism of their great ‘Coalition of Resistance’.

But what ‘Coalition of Resistance’? Where’s the resistance and where’s the coalition? Having a media fest that doesn’t get reported once or twice a year, means absolutely nothing if for the rest of the year, there’s no activity. It’s shameful! And it’s not even going to go anywhere near ‘old Labour’ never mind socialism!